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Genetic predisposition to breast cancer due to non-BRCA mutations in Ashkenazi Jewish women

Anne LI 7/22/2017 anne2001.li@gmail.com Genetic mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish women. A new…...

New discovery could lead to better results for patients undergoing radiation

Anne Li 7/22/2017 anne2001.li@gmail.com More than half of cancer patients undergo radiotherapy, in which high doses of radiation are aimed at diseased tissue to kill cancer cells. But…...

Shooting the Achilles heel of nervous system cancers

Anne Li 7/22/2017 anne2001.li@gmail.com Virtually all cancer treatments used today also damage normal cells, causing the toxic side effects associated with cancer treatment. A cooperative research…...

Novel CRISPR-Cas9 screening enables discovery of new targets to aid cancer immunotherapy

Anne Li 7/22/2017 anne2001.li@gmail.com A novel screening method developed by a team at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center — using CRISPR-Cas9…...

Young adult cancer survivors struggle to get back to normal

Anne Li 7/22/2017 anne2001.li@gmail.com Cancer survivors often talk about wanting to get back to normal, but a new study indicates many young adults who survived the disease struggle with…...